Billypnats Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I came from a relatively poor background but due to a tremendous convenient miracles, my family managed to move to Canada... My dad just got his blood test done and turns out he had Hep B.... it looks like its been there for a while so if he had it before I was born... then yea... So... before I complete my first year university doing bio sci... if I have this infectious disease can I still become a doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whodey Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I think so. I know someone who has Hep B and is in med school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotacookie Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 u can't be a surgeon or perform certain procedures as a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 and in rad, there is minimum patient contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMed Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 u can't be a surgeon or perform certain procedures as a doctor. Yes, you still CAN be a doctor, with hep B... and it doesn't have to be in radiology http://www.cpso.on.ca/uploadedFiles/members/membership/Blood-Borne-Communicable-Diseases-in-Physicians%5B1%5D.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Yes, you still CAN be a doctor, with hep B... and it doesn't have to be in radiology http://www.cpso.on.ca/uploadedFiles/members/membership/Blood-Borne-Communicable-Diseases-in-Physicians%5B1%5D.pdf exactly - there is actually a wide, wide range of things you can do - and remember even if a particular task is "off limits" to you that many of them modern style team based practises can provide enough overlap to overcome those without significant difficulty (I am thinking of some fields people haven't mentioned yet like family and internal medicine, which combined is a huge fraction of the doctors out there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Like the others have said, yes you can, there are some things you may have to avoid - but you can definitely still be a doctor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan19 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 I came from a relatively poor background but due to a tremendous convenient miracles, my family managed to move to Canada... My dad just got his blood test done and turns out he had Hep B.... it looks like its been there for a while so if he had it before I was born... then yea... So... before I complete my first year university doing bio sci... if I have this infectious disease can I still become a doctor? Does your mother have it too? It's vertically transmitted, and even if she does have it, there's a chance it was NOT transmitted to you. (Although it is low.) The risk of sexual transmission between your parents aren't that high (although there is still the possibility), so even if your father has it, that does not necessarily mean that your mother, and therefore you has this disease. You can definitely still be a doctor if you put your mind to it : ). The thing I'd worry about are the symptoms associated with disease, which vary among different people. Most of the time it is asymptomatic, and it doesn't affect you much in any way (you won't notice it at all). But on the rarer cases, it can have a myriad of effects such as trouble sleeping, body pain/sores, etc - all of which may be difficult for you especially when you are trying to be a doctor. Just my two cents, hoped that help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billypnats Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 thanks you've all been very supporting and helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Hello, I just asked my mom (who also happens to be a physician and faculty at an Ontario med school) and she said that there would be no restrictions for you. Even surgeons who are infected are not currently banned, but they would be required to inform their patients of their condition due to the nature of surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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